Today's #songpick comes from DEEZL's less_is_more album with ASCENSION. Teal's vocals, those deep and glitchy kicks DEEZL is known for, and showcasing his talent for addicting melodies; I full on adore this track (and by extension, this whole album). Excited to see more from DEEZL's melodic side~

Been feeling a bit sick these past few days. Song picks will continue up tomorrow. I promise.

Today's #songpick comes from Vexxed with his latest melodic banger Silver Sky. Another APEX artist that I'm ecstatic on then being signed to such a fitting label. And with him showcasing his ability to balance his melodic side with his raw side on this track, just *chefs kiss*.

Today's #songpick comes from Cryex with Empty Pistols. Really happy to see Cryex getting signed onto End Of Line and releasing bangers like this. Another hardstyle artists I'm looking forward to seeing more of in 2026!

Today's #songpick comes from Rebelion & Sub Zero Project's collab for the Intents Anthem of 2025; Capital of Crazy. Honestly, it feels like a good spiritual successor to the 2017 anthem of Intents with it's atmosphere while letting both artist's sounds shine through noticeably. Highly recommend.~

Today's #songpick goes to Divinez's Time And Space; released on DWX's Copyright Free talent imprint. Just really adore the way this track plays out with it's synths and vocals; all I wish is that there was a third drop with an extension of that melody. Great tune nonetheless. Highly recommend.~

Today's #songpick comes from Vasto with Explosive. Lots of drive and those deep kicks that he's known for making this one hell of a weapon for the dance floor. Honestly. This dude's been cooking hit after hit since Elektrowave. Excited to see what he brings in 2026.

Today's #songpick comes from D-Sturb & Aversion's collab Birds. I'm always a sucker for collabs that have equal influence from all artists involved, and this is no different. Nice kick variety. Great melody and vocals. And scratching that mix of raw and euphoria.

So with all the hardstyle/hardcore Top 10s I've been seeing, I figured I'd throw a different sort of question out there for folks: What have been your favorite livesets/mixes you've heard this year?

Today's #songpick comes from Project One's newest release, The Upside Down. Never thought this would be released in HQ; let alone be as eargasmic as this track is. Dark. Stellar vocals. Fantastic melody. And oozing that Project One charm. Curious on what others think of this?

Today's #songpick comes from WOLV with On My Own. There's definetly a lot of that Frequencerz sound profile within this track; especially with the synths used. But overall, it scratches that itch for melodic raw and has me hyped to see more from this alias.

Today's #songpick comes from Anderex & Disarray's collab Retrospect. Mixing both artists' influences into one raw package with deep kicks, a great melody, and Disarray's vocals adding a great final touch to it. One of my top favs of this year easily.

Today's #songpick comes in the form of Alphaverb's Just A Little Noise ft. RUN-A. There's a lot of great gems from his Substream album. But when I think of good reverse bass drops from that era, this one comes to mind. Just an overall banger of a track.

Today's #songpick comes from TLWN featuring upcoming talent Upserve with The Sound Of Our Tears. Good airy synths. Good kicks. Gives off that 2020-era melodic raw vibe for me.

Today's #songpick is going to go a bit for the euphoric sound with DJ Issac's Sweetest Sin. Just to get those winter blues aside. Catchy melody. Good sing-a-long lyrics. Overall a good go-to track.

Hey. So dumb side question for folks who are more up to date with modern hardstyle/hardcore... Y'all remember when 'rawcore' was a thing? Like with either rawstyle artists collabing with HC artists; Early Deadly Guns, that sort of thing? Is that still going on at all? Cause I kinda miss it ngl.

Today's #songpick comes from Theracords' older collabs with raw heavyweights Deetox and Delete. Both artist's styles from this era shine through in this all while keeping a consistent energy and flow that just makes for a fun party track overall.

Today's #songpick goes to ERABREAK's newest track, Scream Louder. Just a great raw banger with some good flow and nice melodies to boot.~

We're back with today's ##songpick coming from Gearbox's Ignition sublabel and from Essive. An artist that I can honestly see as an new rising talent. Deep & hollow kicks with some chroma flair on top of having a unique sound profile that's still evolving with each release. Def one to watch!~

Today's #songpick comes from Dirty Workz's talent/copyright free label. Released back in 2024 when both RE-PULSE & BraxX were kicking their careers off; this euphoric gem had a lot of things that make me adore this genre. Fantastic melodies and synths. Hard kicks. And good vibes.

Today's #songpick goes to Audiofreq's The Grid; released on his Audiology album on his Audiophetamine label. Using a moody synthwave backdrop for the track, this whole thing just goes at ya full force. Audiofreq's signature kicks. Good drive. And never going for a climax to keep the drive going.

Today's #songpick goes to PRMIDV & ELI YAZ's collab, Restless. A groovy techno track with a really prominent reverse bass kick driving through the track with some early hardstyle influences here and there to add further flavor to the tune. Highly recommended.

Today's #songpick goes to Bombsqvad's track Disappear; released on Mechaniq Frequency. Besides the fact that it's an acid techno artist making something that sounds like good old 2018-2020 melodic raw and doing it well, it's yet another track with a melody earworm I can't get enough of.

Today's Song Pick comes from TLWN artist Hypnotic Phase on Gearbox's talent label. Slick and uplifting synths and vocals mixing with some really hard kicks and a melody that has been stuck in my head for quite a bit. All while keeping his signature sound upfront. Highly recommend.

So we are finally back and recovered from FWA. Music posts will continue starting tomorrow. Sorry for such a long and unexplained delay for tracks.

Today's #songpick goes for Vexxed's 1st release on APEX Records, Part Of Me. This tune is just another example of showcasing the talent this artist has. Catchy synths and melodies. Stellar vocals. And a good amount of kick variety to boot.

Today's #songpick goes to Code Black & Anderex's collab on Defqon.1 Records. With there being ample influences from both artists being heard in this along with a stellar melody and one of my favorite fakeouts of recent. Hard to not recommend it. Also. Dem colour kicks slap hard....

So...been a bit since the last #songpick and I figured I'd make it the song that's been on repeat for the past few days. With SZP and Dual Damage making a melodic rawstyle banger that I think has TOTY potential for the hardstyle scene currently. Highly recommend

Next up for #songpick selections goes for another Scantraxx tune. Grabbing the best aspects of both Nightcraft and RVAGE's sounds and kickdrums, this raw hardstyle gem just hits all the right spots for what I dig within the scene right now. Good kicks. Variety. And nicely executed melodies.

Catching up on #songpick selections. First up, we got one of E-Force's oldest releases on A2 Records. Being more standard to something euphoric and suitable for Scantraxx's main label, it comes off as an oddity for the labels discography but one that stands out in a good way.

Today for the #songpick comes from Schranz label Audiocode. Deep rolling basslines and kick fills, some distorted FXs to fill in the space along with some well implemented reverse bass and neorave influences just makes this a nice techno tune with a shit ton of drive. Highly recommend.

Today for the #songpick I'm going with one from DWX's defunct raw/experimental label Anarchy. Released in early 2016, this track just gives me heavy The Magic Show energy. Hands-Up melody and chords. Deep n' crunchy kickdrums. And dem screeches this era of raw was known for.

Today's #songpick goes to Vexxed's release on Q-Dance's SPEQTRUM label. If there was ever a track that I think defines what this artist is great at, it's this one. Killer vocals. Great melodies. Well done climax. And kick variations that work with the tune. Please check em out when ya can.~

Forgot to post today's ##songpick.... So here's a gem from Fusion Records~

Continuing with the #songpick for today and furthering the push for talent labels and artists; we got this melodic gem from MADD on TLWN. All I'm going to say is 2 things: 1. If you like new talents, this label has been on a roll with them as of late. Highly recommend them. 2. Love the art temp.

Today's #songpick comes from Scantraxx's talent label with a fairly fresh face to the hard dance scene, Kelvin Farheaven. Besides having one of my favorite melody/kick combos from any talent label as of recent, this track really sold me on the musical skills this guy has. Hoping to see more soon.

Today's #songpick comes from VNTG Records. Pretty fun and lesser known hardstyle tune from an underappriciated label.

Today's #songpick goes to this 2016 raw gem from Psyched and Regain. Raw kicks. Deep screeches. And a pretty damn good melody for a raw track from this era.

Today's #songpick goes to this gem. Really do miss A2 Records, ngl.

Today's #songpick landed on this tune. Gonna be honest. Kinda miss this era of euphoric hardstyle a lil bit.

Today for track posting: I've been vibing to this guy's discography on Fusion Records a lot. Shame he doesn't release anymore, but definitely a ton of headbangers, to say the least.